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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1922
Page
8
A flurry of local notes shows residents visiting relatives in Waterloo Cedar Rapids and Fort Madison. Business ads promote hot and cold sandwiches at Deans and floor finishing by Wm Reschley.
Adda Olive heads to Bangor to visit relatives while Tey D Nash of West Chester and Mrs W Griggs of Wenmith drop by Washington. Kalona residents Miss Bell and Miss Glee Dunlap shop here, and Henry Peiper visits from Kalona. Car storage space offered and Marguerite Green joins J B Crail store. Logan Ahrens injured at Brown's Tire Shop. Wells Co program starts 8 15 with ushers at 7 46.
Eatable sale at Mannhartts Bros on Saturday plus a charity rummage by Presbyterian ladies and a Prairie Flower Mission Circle bake sale. Local ads mention shoes repairs, corsets, dental and medical referrals, piano lessons, and storage offers. Several residents travel for visits and funerals. community booster notices list groceries, can dies, dolls, and Christmas-like wares.
Scalloped oysters for dinner Friday at Deans. W R C social at G A Rye hall Friday evening with a good program and refreshments. Lyons offers meals.
John A. Prescott of Kansas City Missouri was chosen president of the Investment Bankers Association of America at the eleventh annual convention held in De Monte California on October 12.
Raymond Schneider repudiated his accusation against Clifford Hayes in the Reverend Hall and choir leader Elinor Rhinehart Mills murder case. Officials say Hayes would be released before night.
Senator Arthur Capper spoke to about a thousand people in Waverly Indiana October 12 and endorsed Smith W Brookhart for United States senator. Congressman E Sweet of Iowa district presided and also urged support for Brookhart despite a prior opposition.
A community roundup from Route One Brighton on October 12 notes attendance at Fairfield Fall Frolic, school break for a short vacation, and teachers at Washington Normal. Local residents Gilbert Briggs of Flint visits, Ben and Homer Brinton travel to Kansas City buying cattle, and Marie Gowey of Ames visits R S Borkoski home. Mrs. Oldfield remembered by the Ladies Aid with a daylong perception at Ebb Bishop's in her honor.
Uncle Eben reflects on a boy’s dream of leaving home and the pull of family duty as he grows, noting that work keeps the home from drifting away. The line echoes themes of responsibility, belonging, and the tension between escape and obligation.
Des Moines reports new corn at forty cents and old corn ten cents higher. Husking has started across many localities and cribs fill quickly. Frost Monday night caused little damage and prospects for a third bumper crop look good, per Charles D. Reed of the Iowa weather and crop service.
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